Roll-paper-printing attachment.



PATENTED DEC. 2'7, 1904.

F. L. TAYLOR.

ROLL PAPER PRINTING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.14, 1904.

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PATENT OEEicE.

FRANK L. TAYLOR, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIG-NOR TO ACME AUTOMATICADVERTISING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF CALI- FORNIA.

ROLL-PAPER-PRINTING ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,813, dated December27, 1904.

Application filed March 14,1904- Serial No. 197,995.

1'!) no whom it nan/y concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Roll-Paper-PrintingAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in printing attachments forroll-paper holders whereby an advertisement or other matter may beprinted on the strip as it is pulled from the roll. Its object is toprovide a compact simple adjustable device of this character and whichmay be readily made to print or not, as desired.

It consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts,as hereinafter more fully described, having reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my devicewith the casing in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of same with casing insection.

A represents a suitable frame or rack carrying the paper-roll 2 andhaving the usual knife 3, by which the strip is severed after a desiredlength has been drawn off.

My attachment comprises a pair of separated angular arms A, betweenwhich the respective printing, inking, and distributing rollers 5 6 7are supported. These arms have one portion pivotally hung upon across-rod 8, journaled in the clamps 9, by which the device is securedto the top bar of the frame A. Their other portion is bent upwardly toinclude an angle, preferably less than ninety degrees. The arms areslotted at their angles, as at 10, to receive the journal-pins of theprinting-roller 5. The upwardly-projecting portions of the arms are eachprovided with an inwardly-projecting part 11 in the same plane with therest of the arm. The two arms are rigidly connected above the rollers bythe bar 12. The projections 11 are longitudinally slotted, as at 13, toaiford adjustable bearings for the journal-pins of the inking-roller 6,which is arranged to bear always against the distributing-roller 7. Thelatter is in the path of the printingsurface 14 on roller 5, so that ateach revolution of the latter a suitable distribution of ink on thetypeface will result. The inkingroller is made always to bear againstthe distributing-roller by means of the set-screws 15 and thespringpressed followers 16. By tightening or loosening screws 15 thetension between the rollers is varied, and the amount of ink deliveredto the printing-roller is regulated. The slots 10 lie substantially in aradial plane to the paperroll when the printingroller is in Workingposition to allow the latter more readily to accommodate itself to thepaper-roll. By employing supporting means for the several rollers, asshownto wit, the rigid one-piece angular armsthe Whole apparatus isconfined within a very small compass and there is nothing to projectbeyond the printingroller, and the latter may not even extend beyond thepaper-roll. A spring 17, surrounding rod 8 and having its centralportion engaging the top bar of frame A and its ends embracing the arms,acts upon the arms to press the printing-roller normally against thepaper-roll to give the required impression as the paper is drawn forth.In case a blank strip of indefinite length is to be drawn off the rollthe printing attachment may be temporarily thrown out of service bylifting up on the arms to allow the pins 18, carried by the clamps 9, tobe slipped under the arms and support them against gravity and the forceof spring 17. By withdrawing the pins 18 the printing-roller is allowedto contact with the paper-roll and print the sheet as it is unwound.

The various parts may be inclosed in a suitable triangular casing, as19, open on one side to allow it to slip readily over the arms androllers and having a downwardly-projecting lip or portion 20 adjacent toone edge to engage behind rod 8 and intermediate of the coiled parts ofspring 17 Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A paper-printingattachmentcomprising clamps to attach it to a rack,spring-pressed arms pivotally connected with said clamps each of saidarms bent intermediate of its ends and having a projecting partreentering the angle included by the bend of the arm, a printingroller,inking-roller and distributing-roller journaled in said arms, and meansby Which the arms are supported against the tension of their spring toretain the said printing-roller out of engagement with the paper-roll.

2. A roll-paper-printing attachment comprising clamps to attach it to arack, springactuated arms pivotally connected with said clamps, saidarms bent intermediate 01 their ends and each having a projectingportion reentering the angle included by the bend of its respective arm,printing, inking and distributing rollers supported by said arms, saidinking-roll mounted in said reentering por tion of the arms, and meansby which the arms are supported against the tension of theirspring-actuating means to retain the printingrollcr out of engagementwith the paper-roll, said supporting means including stops carried bythe clamps.

3. A roll-paper-printing attachment comprising clamp members, armspivotally connected therewith, said arms each being bent intermediate oftheir ends and having a projecting part reenter-ing the angle includedby so bending the arm, a printing-roller journaled in said armsproximate to the angles thereof, an inking-roller supported on saidreentrant portions of said arms and a distributing-roller associatedwith said inking-roller.

i. A roll-paper-printing attachment comprising clamp members,spring-pressed arms pivotally connected therewith, said arms each beingbent intermediate of their ends and having a projecting part reenter-ingthe angle included by so bending the arm, a printing roller journaled insaid arms proximate to the angles thereof, an inking-roller supported onsaid reentrant portions of said arms and a distributing-rollerassociated with said inking-roller,

and means carried by the clamps to hold the arms against the force oftheir springs.

5. A roll-paper-printing attachment comprising the combination with apaper-roll and rack therefor, of clamp members engaging said rack, a rodconnecting said clamp members, arms pivoted to said rod, aprinting-roller journaled intermediate of the ends of said arms, springsengaging the rack and arms to press the printing-roller normally againstthe paper-roll, said arms being bent intermediate of their ends and eachhaving a projecting portion reentering the angle included by the bend ofits respective arm, an inking-roller yieldingly mounted in saidprojecting portions,and adistributing-roller carried between the freeend of the arms and contacting with the printing-roll.

6. A roll-paper-printing attachment com-' prising the combination with apaper-roll and rack therefor, of clamp members engaging said rack, a rodconnecting said clamp members, arms pivoted to said rod, said arms beingbent intermediate of their ends and each having a portion projectinginto the angle included by the bend of its respective arm, aprintingroller journaled in the angular portions of said arms, springsengaging the rack and arms to press the printing-roller normally againstthe paper-roll, means connecting the arms, inking and distributingrollers carried respectively by the reentering portion and one of themain parts of the bent arms, and a removable casing for said rollers andarms, said casing having a downwardly-projecting part to engage behindthe connecting clamp-rod.

In testimony whereof I have hereui'ito set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FRANK L. TAYLOR.

Wi tnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, Jnssin C. BRODIE.

